Nashville Bar Foundation

Nashville Bar Foundation Grant
The Nashville Bar Foundation is now accepting grant applications. If you know of any 501(c)(3) organizations that may be eligible for a Foundation Grant, please let them know. Requests must be submitted no later than 4:00 p.m., January 15, 2015 in accordance with the grant guidelines. View grant eligibility and application guidelines here:.http://nashvillebar.org/NBF/GrantRecipients.html

NASHVILLE BAR FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES GRANT RECIPIENTS
The Nashville Bar Foundation, the charitable arm of the Nashville Bar Association, today announced
that four local organizations received Bar Foundation grants to support their respective, law-related educational and charitable initiatives. Congratulations to the the follow recipients: The Family Center, Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands, Mental Health America of Middle Tennessee and Nashville Community Education.

Nashville Bar Journal Article for March 2014:
The Beatles and the Nashville Bar Foundation Present:The NBF Leadership Forum
- by Robb Bigelow
Last year, the Nashville Bar Foundation (NBF) and the Young Lawyers Division worked together to strengthen their relationship. During one of many meetings, Bob Mendes informed me that NBF Fellows John Tarpley and Gail Ashworth were contemplating putting together a leadership program designed for young lawyers practicing in Nashville and asked if I wanted to help with the planning. I enthusiastically agreed. Months later, I was honored to be asked to write an article giving some details about the program, called the Nashville Bar Foundation Leadership Forum, and, importantly, to ask for your help. View the article in its entirety here: http://nashvillebar.org/NBF/NBFLeadershipForum-mar14.html

The mission of the Nashville Bar Foundation is to support and expand the provision of law-related educational and charitable programs and services that promote the knowledge, understanding, and respect for the law among students, the general public, and the legal community; to preserve the honor and integrity of the legal profession; to foster collegiality among members of the legal profession; and to improve the administration of justice throughout the greater Nashville area.

The Nashville Bar Foundation was incorporated in May of 1980 with funds collected by the Nashville Bar Memorial Fund.

The Fellows Program was established in 1991 as a way for the bar to honor its colleagues who have contributed significantly to the community. Devotion to service to the client and to the public interest are hallmarks of the program. Fellows are selected by their colleagues. Each "class" of Fellows is limited to approximately 1% of the bar in Nashville.